tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post7085626796465517981..comments2015-03-03T22:08:14.428+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: Wertzone Classics: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-78883533134512465112012-07-17T01:55:18.492+00:002012-07-17T01:55:18.492+00:00One of my favourite novels of all time.One of my favourite novels of all time.Jebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00985667608602099242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-63423482637621260332012-07-17T00:43:09.523+00:002012-07-17T00:43:09.523+00:00Great novel, by far my favorite of Le Guin&#39;s.Great novel, by far my favorite of Le Guin&#39;s.Brad Murgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09513148650073617139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-75655539423662731052012-07-16T07:16:53.066+00:002012-07-16T07:16:53.066+00:00I think the idea is that it&#39;s communism (every...I think the idea is that it&#39;s communism (everyone is equal and works for the good of the state and thus everyone else) via anarchy (everyone can do what they want, except when it would harm society, which is quite frequently). The fact that the society isn&#39;t as &#39;anarchic&#39; as was originally intended is part of the book, although there is the suggestion that true anarchism on a planet as hostile as Anarres is not possible.Adam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-59645350389220538522012-07-15T21:51:30.504+00:002012-07-15T21:51:30.504+00:00Haven&#39;t read this (shame on me, I know) but ho...Haven&#39;t read this (shame on me, I know) but how do you get a &quot;communist/anarchist&quot; state? I know there are people who profess to be both, politically, but in practical terms the two systems seem like virtual opposites when used to run an actual state. Or is my political ignorance showing?Pranksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00676528953675160889noreply@blogger.com